video; un: Rinea_378

[silvergarden]

[The video feed opens to a blurry shot of Rinea's porch as she turns it on, then sits back a proper distance with a smile. She has managed to center the camera properly this time: no ceiling shots or fingers covering the lens. She practiced! (Still, she looks a bit nervous.)]

Um.. Good day. My name is Rinea! I have a request to make. It's a bit silly, but I would be very happy for assistance nonetheless.

The truth is... I have been residing in Camelot for some time now, but am still unused to using... the internet. [Blush.] It seems a very vital skill to have, to keep abreast of the news! I've missed many an important post on local dangers! But I've still had trouble with checking regularly.

So-- would anyone be interested in exchanging letters, as conversational partners? I believe the term is "pen pals." I would enjoy befriending more of my fellow Avalon otherworlders... and I think having messages to look forward to will make it easier for me to remember to check the phone.

[A hah hah hah. Embarrassing. But still-- she will soldier on!!!]

I will gladly chat about anything, of course! But as for myself, topics I can speak upon include dancing and embroidery. I also spend much of my time honing my alchemy and potionmaking skills-- I would be very happy to share what I have learned there. I also admire gardens and their wildlife, but I have little experience in their cultivation... Oh, and music, as well. You know, the music of Avalon is so varied compared to home, it's a little overwhelming!

[Remembering herself, Rinea inclines her head shyly at the camera.]

Um-- Thank you for listening. I very much look forward to meeting anyone interested!

Comments

[fujimaru]

I heard, I definitely heard! I've been out looking around! But...

...uh, honestly, I have no idea which ones are poisonous and which ones aren't.

[ And yet, she still looks proud of herself about that. Nothing's tried to melt off either her hands or her face, so that surely counts as a victory. ]

I've been keeping things in separate baskets, and then I was gonna look stuff up later.

[silvergarden]

Oh, dear! Did you wear gloves, at least? [Somehow Rinea is becoming the Avalon arbiter of safety.] Well.... but you look all right to me... As long as you don't eat them. I would hate to see something happen when I only just met you!

[STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY!!!!!]

Maybe we can go together, next time...

[fujimaru]

[ "Safe and healthy" unfortunately are not things Ritsuka has worried about for a long time. But she grins, holding up both hands, which are, indeed, gloved. There's that little cutaway in the back of the right hand, but that's not usually the part touching the plants. ]

Don't worry, I'm pretty tough! It'll take a lot more than some mushrooms to take me down.

[silvergarden]

Oh, I'm so relieved! [OH THANK GOD. Ritsuka is making leaps and bounds in Rinea's safety estimation compared to, say, Claude...]

Are you an outdoorsy type then, miss Ritsuka? Or perhaps combat-oriented? Avalon seems to gather quite a few of those.

[fujimaru]

[ What Rinea doesn't know... won't get Ritsuka scolded. Countdown to Ritsuka throwing herself headfirst into a dangerous situation in three, two-- ​]

I mean, I was definitely a city girl for a long time. Even the sport I played was mostly indoors. But I've kind of... I guess you could say I've got a new appreciation for the outdoors in the past few years?

[ --two and half, because Ritsuka actually has to pause and consider the combat question. ]

...and for fighting, I mean... I had some friends who insisted on me learning self-defense, but I'm not really a fighter. If I had to call myself anything, I'd be more like... a tactician?

[ Somewhere in this post, Kadoc is choking in horror at the very idea. ]